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Two brothers suspected of theft lynched next to police station

Crime scene

According to the police, the two were lynched on suspicion of stealing a phone.

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By  Mwangi Muiruri

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • According to the police, the two were lynched on suspicion of stealing a phone.
  • But the accounts of eyewitnesses contradicted the statement issued by the police.

Two brothers were on Tuesday night lynched on the outskirts of Thika town on suspicion of snatching a phone from a pedestrian.

The two brothers - aged 19 and 21 years - were killed a short distance from Makongeni Police Station.

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